The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-25
LITERARY NOTES.

liz "Creation or Eyolutioni" Mr..
w. ID. Le Sueur presents vigorous
critic m OF the work under that title
OF George Ticknor Curtis.
YELLOWSTONE Pack is the subjec Of
one OF the prominent articles In the
May Earp1's Mre. Alice Wellington
Rollins writes lively conversational
sketch OF the summer trip Of party
to the Yellowstone.
The strongest article in the May
Harper's (which Is a notably rich mum
ber) is upon The Recent Movement
in Southern Literature" by one of the
rising lights among Southern writers,
Charles W. Coleman, jr. The article
shows what remarkable development
Of literary Renius has taken place in
the South lately.
THE second installment OF Charles
Dudley Warmers attractive "Mexican
Notes." in the May Harper's, is de-
voted to Cuautla, which is taken as a
typical Mexican village, with its sleepy
railroads, it's groiesque varieties of io-
habitants, its strange foode, its sul
phur baths, and Oriental habits. The
coffee and sugar cane industries as de-
veloped in this part OF Mexico form an
interesting feature Of the article.
As THE annual dog shows are about
to appear with the LIST OF May the =
ticle on ''The American Mastifi" in
the forthcoming Hdrpsr's will arrive
with characteristic timeliness. The
writer, Charles O. Marshall, jr., de.
scribea the traditional qualities OF the
English mastif, and shows how these
have been modified by American
breeders until several varieties quite
unlike the English type have been
originated.
The second and concluding part of
Ralph Meeker's narrative, "ThroHgh
the Caucasus" appears in the May
Hdrper's, with excellent illustrations
by his fellow traveller, F. d. Millet.
In this portion we are conducte d
through the picturesque mountain
region of Trauscaucasia, on a ride oil
several hundred miles over the finest
mountain road in the world, stopping
here and there to see the strange peo-
pie and places which still retain the
habits described by Xenophon and
Herodotus. The journey ends a.
Ksrs, with the beginning Of the five
months Russian siege Of that strong
hold in 1877.
Mr.. r. A. PRooToR, presenting hi
own views OF the "Orgin OF Comets
and Meteors," considers in the same
injection in The Popular Scicent
Monthly for May the theories on the
subject which have already been
given In the Monthly by Prof. Newton
and M. Daubree. In the Influence
OF Snow Masses on Climate" Mr.. A
]. Woeikoff gives come facts and re-
suits of his TOWN very extensive
observations, which may help us Ia
understand why our spring is 80 late
and cold. A lecture, by Sir William
Thomson, ON "The Suns Heat" 8
lively delineation of national customs
"AmoDg the Transylvanian saxons.'
TUE quaint old Irish ballad, "Kitty
Of Coleraine," us charmingly illustrated
by Edwin A. Abbey in the May Har
per's. As this little ballad Is seldom
lound in collections OF poetry, We re
print 1t entire;
As beautiful Kitty one morning was trip
with a pitcher of milk from the fair of Co
Whom she saw mo she stumbled, the pitcher
II tumbled
And all the sweet buttOrmilk water'd tn
plain.
Oh, what shall do, nOwS Twas looking a
you, now.
Sure, sure, such pitcher III ne'er NEE
Twas tho pride Of my dairy. Oh. BArne'
hcLoaIy,
You're sent as plague to the girls Of Co
| Lorraine.
1 sat down beside her, and gently did child,
her,
That such q misfortune should give he
such pain.
A kiss then gave her. Bef,re 1 did leav
She vow'd for such pleasure she'd break |
again.
Twas the hay making season. can't tel
the reaton-
Misfortunes will never come single-that'
For, very soon after pOOrlKitty's disaster,
Ths devil . pitcher was whole in Cole
rAine.
The authorship OF these verses i
generally given as anonymous, bu
careful investigation has recently dis
covered that the writer is Edward Ly
saght. Mr.. Ahbey's illustrations ar,
four beautiful pages, beside a head
piece and tailpiece. The climax OK
: pressed in the last line is the title o
one OF the pages which Is assigne,
: the position OF honor as frontispiece o
the number.